Monday, March 17, 2014

Reading Conferences--Week 1

Over the next five class periods, each student will have an individual reading conference.  The rubric below is how you will be evaluated on your reading conference performance.

1) Copy and paste the rubric into Evernote (your Domain 5 Reading notebook).
2) The title of the note should be "Reading Conference, Week 1."
3) You will open this note when it is time for your reading conference.


Preparation
Reading Pace
Questions of the Week
Textual Evidence
Are you keeping up with highlighting your text and class work?
Are you on track with your reading? Do you know your pacing goals?
Who has the power in your book?  How are they using the power?
Did you use textual evidence to support your answers?
4
Sections are highlighted daily and all class work from the last week is complete.
4
You are ahead of schedule with your reading.
4
Your answers are fully developed and elaborated with outside information or comparisons.
4
You use direct textual evidence (quotes) and evidence that you paraphrased.
3
Sections are highlighted daily and class work is complete, but may have been late.
3
You are on schedule with your reading.
3
Your answers are fully developed.
3
You use textual evidence that is only paraphrased (no direct quotes).
2
A few sections are highlighted and class work is partially complete.
2
You are less than 20 pages behind schedule with your reading.
2
You answers are partially developed.
2
You use textual evidence for only some of your answers.
1
There is no highlighting in your text and/or all class work from the past week is missing.
1
You are more than 20 pages behind schedule with your reading.
1
You do not answer the questions or your answers are irrelevant.
1
You do not use textual evidence to support your answers.